Best time to travel during Spring Festival vacation

[Liebkuchen]

Spring festival break at my uni is 16th Jan to 10th February. I'd like to travel to Beijing and Shanghai/ Suzhou in 2 seperate trips. When would be the best times to travel if I want to avoid the crowds?

[shuhaier]

The Eve is on 23th， I think。

So 16th， 25th to 26th of Jan, 1th to 5th of Feb might be better. The first gap is to avoid crowds going home, the second to avoid crowds going back work, the third to avoid students going back to school

[Liebkuchen]

Thankyou- exactly the sort of info I was hoping for. My pals travelled to Xi'an during the October hols and the train situation was my idea of hell. I'll try and get some travelling done before the hols when I have some spare space on my timetable.

Cheers!

[shuhaier]

Try flights if you could. 16th is already within 20days before and after Spring Festival, so it will be still horrible if you take trains. Buses(正规的）will be better as cops are always keeping an eyes on them during that period.

[WestTexas]

man, that's a really short break. I get December 23rd to March 1st.